syph
English
Etymology
Clipping of syphilis.
Noun
syph (uncountable)
- (slang) Syphilis.
- 1980, James Herbert, The Dark, Pan Books (1994), →ISBN, page 229:
- But since Brother Martin, alias Marty Randall, had caught the syph three times in two years, his attitude had changed.
- 1980, James Herbert, The Dark, Pan Books (1994), →ISBN, page 229:
Quotations
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:syph.
Anagrams
- HYPS, hyps, hyps-